2011 National Society of Film Critics Awards

Winners

Film titles are listed, following the number of votes each received.

Best Picture

1. Melancholia (29)
2. The Tree of Life (28)
3. A Separation (20)

Best Director

1. Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (31)
2. Martin Scorsese – Hugo (29)
3. Lars von Trier – Melancholia (23)

Best Actor

1. Brad Pitt – Moneyball and The Tree of Life (35)
2. Gary Oldman – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (22)
3. Jean Dujardin – The Artist (19)

Best Actress

1. Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia (39)
2. Yoon Jeong-hee – Poetry (25)
3. Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (20)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Albert Brooks – Drive (38)
2. Christopher Plummer – Beginners (24)
3. Patton Oswalt – Young Adult (19)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter and The Tree of Life (30)
2. Jeannie Berlin – Margaret (19)
3. Shailene Woodley – The Descendants (17)

Best Screenplay

1. Asghar Farhadi – A Separation (39)
2. Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – Moneyball (22)
3. Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris (16)

Best Cinematography

1. Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life (76)
2. Manuel Alberto Claro – Melancholia (41)
3. Robert Richardson – Hugo (33)

Best Foreign Language Film

1. A Separation (67)
2. Mysteries of Lisbon (28)
3. Le Havre (22)

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (35)
2. The Interrupters (26)
3. Into the Abyss (18)

Best Experimental Film

Seeking the Monkey King

Film Heritage

1. BAMcinématek for its complete Vincente Minnelli retrospective with all titles shown on 16 mm. or 35 mm. film.
2. Lobster Films, Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema and the Technicolor Foundation for Cinema for the restoration of the color version of George Méliès's A Trip to the Moon.
3. New York’s Museum of Modern Art for its extensive retrospective of Weimar Cinema.
4. Flicker Alley for their box set Landmarks Of Early Soviet Film.
5. The Criterion Collection for its 2-disc DVD package The Complete Jean Vigo.